New York Times | Israel Extends Cease-Fire in Gaza, a UN Request Rejected by Hamas New York Times JERUSALEM — Under intense diplomatic pressure, Israeli leaders decided late Saturday to extend a halt to hostilities in the Gaza Strip through midnight Sunday, but said their troops would maintain defensive positions and continue to ferret out tunnels ... Israel extends cease-fire for 24 hours despite fresh rocket fire from Gaza Gaza campaign on pace to become deadliest Israeli conflict in recent years Israel Extends Truce for 24 Hours; Hamas Resumes Rocket Fire |
ABC News | Israel Will Continue 'Neutralizing' Tunnels During Cease-Fire ABC News Israeli forces will continue "neutralizing" tunnels in Gaza despite a 12-hour cease-fire Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced today. The cease-fire in Gaza will be in effect from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time (1 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET). "During ... |
ABC News | How Israel's Ground Offensive in Gaza Could Impact Syria ABC News As the civilian death toll in the Gaza strip climbed past 800 on Friday, the global spotlight shifted from Syria to the Israeli ground offensive in Palestine. The reverberations are being felt in Syria, with which Israel shares a border – and a ... |
The Guardian | Gaza truce in peril after Hamas 'resumes its attacks on Israel' The Guardian The renewed attacks – and an unconfirmed report that a Palestinian in southern Gaza was killed by Israeli tank fire after the 8pm end-of-truce deadline – followed an appeal by the foreign ministers of seven nations to extend the 12-hour pause in fighting. |
Ceasefire ends as Gaza militants resume firing rockets into Israel Reuters GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Militants resumed firings rockets into Israel from Gaza on Saturday, rejecting an extension to a ceasefire in a conflict in which more than 1,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have died. Israel had agreed to extend an ... |
Mideast gets a breather as 12-hour cease-fire holds CNN Gaza (CNN) -- A 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire between Israel and Hamas held Saturday as diplomats worked to create a longer truce in the conflict that has killed more than 900 people -- mostly civilians. The cease-fire started at 8 a.m. Saturday (1 a ... |
Israel's Outspoken Envoy Is Wise to US Ways New York Times WASHINGTON — As an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, Ron Dermer reluctantly accepted an assignment to argue that Israel should be condemned for its treatment of Palestinians. “You'll do it or I'll flunk you,” his professor, the ... |
New York Times | Israel Agrees to Pause in Assault on Gaza as Cease-Fire Deal Is Pursued New York Times JERUSALEM — Israel agreed to halt its military offensive in Gaza for 12 hours starting Saturday morning amid intense international efforts to seal a broader cease-fire deal and a new explosion of violence in the West Bank, where at least six ... |
Fox News | Gaza crisis: Humanitarian cease-fire between Israel, Hamas takes effect Fox News Gaza residents used a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire on Saturday to stock up on supplies and survey the devastation from nearly three weeks of fighting, as they braced for a resumption of Israel's war on Hamas amid stalled efforts to secure a longer ... |
The Times of Israel | Don't worry Israel, Joan Rivers is behind you Jerusalem Post Israel is in day 19 of Operation Protective Edge, an offensive that began to stop the rocket fire and destroy the network of terrorist tunnels leading from the Palestinian seaside enclave into Israel. "Let me just tell you if New Jersey was firing ... Joan Rivers Unleashes Epic Rant in Defense of Israel: BBC, CNN 'Should Be ... Joan Rivers: Israeli security comes first Joan Rivers Shades Selena Gomez During Israel Rant |